Franklin golfer chases history at municipal golf championship

11:02 PM,
Jul. 20, 2013

Written by

Mack Burke
| The Tennessean

Franklin's Kevin Watford is on the brink of history heading into today's final round of the James H. Fyke Men's Municipal Amateur Golf Championship.

Watford, who has won the event three times overall, including the past two, is leading at 9-under par, one shot ahead of Brentwood's Robert Loudermilk and two shots ahead of first-round leader and 2010 champion Derrick Centers of Nolensville.

If Watford can hold on, he'll tie Haymes Snedeker as the only four-time winners in the event's history. Watford, with his three victories, is currently tied with Craig McElhaney (1987, 1993, 1995) and ...